SEOUL : South Korea said on Friday it will extend its coronavirus distancing rules, which include an outside dining curfew and ban on gatherings of five or more people, for two weeks as its daily new cases hit a one-month high.The government decides whether to ease or tighten distancing curbs every two weeks, and the current rules have been in place since mid-February."The government will maintain the current distancing level and a ban on gatherings of five people or more for two weeks," Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun told a meeting.Under the rules, restaurants and cafes must close by 10 p.m.
and gatherings of more than four people are restricted, with a few exceptions.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 494 new.